Julius konig



(Mode1.)

J. KONIG.

PLOW.

Patented Dec. 27,1881.

INVENTOR WITN ESSES,

ATTORNEY.

EJNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS KGNIG, OF SNYDERSBURG, MARYLAND.

PL'OW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,445, dated December27, 1881.

I Application filed August i, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS KUNIG, of Snydersburg, Carroll county,Stateof Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows;and I hereby declare the same to be fully, clearly, and exactlydescribed as follows, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing,in which a plow embodying my invention is shown in perspective view.

My invention relates to that general class of plows having pivotedmold-boards; and it consists in certain features of construction andcombinations of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth and made thesubject of the claim.

In the drawing, A is the beam, having handles B of the usualconstruction, and D is a standard rigidly connecting the shoe g with thebeam. The front F ofthe shoe is cast solid, and from it extends upward ablade, 0, in front of the standard, which blade is bolted at c to thebeam.

G is a removable steel' point stepped in a socket inthe block F.

A cutter, b, of the usual form is mounted in the beam.

0 O are the mold-boards, which are pivoted between the beam and shoe, ate, on either side of the standard, and they are connected by a brace, E,ha ving perforations f, through which and through the beam a pin, f,passes, securing the mold-boards at any desired angle with the line ofdraft.

The beam A has a number of perforations, a. a, through one of which ispassed the pivotpin m of the truck. The latter consists of two wheels, Hand I, of unequal diameters, the one being designed to run in the furrowand the other on the land, connected by an axle on which is mounted afifth-wheel, I, having perforations j, with one of which a pinfl',passing through the beam engages. The depth of furrow is regulated orgoverned by the proximity of the truck to the plow-point.

In operation, the truck being pivoted in the particular one of the holesa giving the desired depth of furrow, and the mold-boards being adjustedas desired, the plow is drawn as usual. On reaching the end of thefurrow the beam is tilted upward, and the truck is swung around andsecured with its larger wheel on the opposite side of the beam, so astorun in the furrow on the return.

The series of holes j affords facility for inclining the front axle tothe line of draft as is necessary in plowing on a hillside.

The kin g-bolt of the front truck projects up through the beam, asshown, a sufficient distance to permit the larger wheel to pass underthe beam when it is desired to reverse the position of the truck. Todothis it is only necessary to tilt the front of the beam upward byhearing down upon the handles, when the pin 6 is lifted out ofengagement with the fifthwheel and the truck may be turned.

The mold-boards being rigidly connected together it is only necessary toremove the pin f in order to swing either one in toward the beam, and inso doing to throw the othcroutward, as may be desired.

What I claim is r In combination with the perforated adjustable beam andmold-boards, the front truck having wheels of unequal size, afifth-wheel adapted to be secured to the b am, and anupwardly-projecting king-bolt, as and for the purpose set forth.

JULIUS KONIG. \Vitnesses:

JOSEPH H. LIPPY, DANIEL '1. HANN.

